Jharkhand HC Upholds Divorce: Wife Hid Murder Conviction, Age Before Marriage

• The Jharkhand High Court upheld a divorce granted to a husband whose wife concealed her murder conviction and actual age before marriage.
• A division bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Arun Kumar Rai dismissed the wife's appeal against the Family Court's order.
• The court stated that concealment of material facts, including a life imprisonment conviction in a 2006 murder case, caused mental agony and broke the foundation of trust.
• The husband discovered his wife, whose age was stated as 27, was actually around 40 and had a murder conviction after their marriage on April 15, 2019, in Gumla district.
• The High Court affirmed the Family Court, Gumla's September 2022 judgment, concluding the wife's conduct amounted to mental cruelty.

Why It Matters: Jharkhand High Court upheld a divorce, emphasizing that trust is paramount in marriage, especially when grave facts are concealed.